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@elleskyheart - No, that is not what is happening.
Microsoft has historically, since Win XP and up through Win 10, offered separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. The 64-bit versions started out as the odd stepchildren in the series but later became the mainstream and MS is now dropping support for the 32-bit versions. The 32-bit versions of Windows can only run 32-bit applications and cannot recognize more than 4 GB of total system RAM. The 64-bit versions of Windows can run either, thanks to backwards compatibility. That is why we have a Program Files folder and a Program Files (x86) folder, to account for both program types with Windows putting our installed programs in the correct place automatically for us.
There are no announced plans from the Microsoft end to drop the ability to run 32-bit programs. What is happening is that support for the 32-bit versions of Windows itself is being phased out. There are far too many mission critical applications in the business world, as well as the home consumer one, that require the 32-bit compatibility to stay in place and in fact MS Office or at least some of its elements, for those who are on still supported but not the latest versions of Office, would be included. I mean it's going to happen someday, no one on currently supported 64-bit systems can run 16-bit apps anymore without some extra assistance like an emulator, but most of us believe that day to be so far away that it would be beyond the lifespan of most systems in use right now.
The macOS, on the other hand, has been 64-bit for much longer and has only just last year with the release of Catalina, and with plenty of warning, dropped the backwards compatibility portion. Users who require 32-bit apps need to stay on or get back onto Mojave, for now, until such time as they no longer require those apps or 64-bit equivalents become available.
I do not find the current lineup of Macs to be choppy and glitchy. But some of that is going to depend where in the product line we are looking and what we are expecting our systems to do; the more economical (by Apple standards) lower-end Macs do not of course perform as well under all circumstances as the mid- and higher-range ones.
Microsoft has historically, since Win XP and up through Win 10, offered separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. The 64-bit versions started out as the odd stepchildren in the series but later became the mainstream and MS is now dropping support for the 32-bit versions. The 32-bit versions of Windows can only run 32-bit applications and cannot recognize more than 4 GB of total system RAM. The 64-bit versions of Windows can run either, thanks to backwards compatibility. That is why we have a Program Files folder and a Program Files (x86) folder, to account for both program types with Windows putting our installed programs in the correct place automatically for us.
There are no announced plans from the Microsoft end to drop the ability to run 32-bit programs. What is happening is that support for the 32-bit versions of Windows itself is being phased out. There are far too many mission critical applications in the business world, as well as the home consumer one, that require the 32-bit compatibility to stay in place and in fact MS Office or at least some of its elements, for those who are on still supported but not the latest versions of Office, would be included. I mean it's going to happen someday, no one on currently supported 64-bit systems can run 16-bit apps anymore without some extra assistance like an emulator, but most of us believe that day to be so far away that it would be beyond the lifespan of most systems in use right now.
The macOS, on the other hand, has been 64-bit for much longer and has only just last year with the release of Catalina, and with plenty of warning, dropped the backwards compatibility portion. Users who require 32-bit apps need to stay on or get back onto Mojave, for now, until such time as they no longer require those apps or 64-bit equivalents become available.
I do not find the current lineup of Macs to be choppy and glitchy. But some of that is going to depend where in the product line we are looking and what we are expecting our systems to do; the more economical (by Apple standards) lower-end Macs do not of course perform as well under all circumstances as the mid- and higher-range ones.
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